Modern Gray

With an LRV of about 62, Modern Gray reflects a little over half the light that reaches it, so it stays light in a north-facing room without looking stark. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Modern Gray in other brands

• Walking On Clouds Berger Paints 8T1707 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.2
• Desert Palm Kelly-Moore KM3946-1 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Natural Grain Dulux Australia SN3D2 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Misty Shadows Nerolac 4524 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
• Granite Dust Behr MQ3-06 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.8
• Grey Ghost Vista K-957 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.9

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Porcelain Sherwin-Williams 53 Light Gray
• Anew Gray Sherwin-Williams 7030 Light Gray

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as light gray
• Protanopia Reads as light gray
• Tritanopia Reads as light gray
• Achromatopsia Reads as light gray

Under different light

• Warm bulb, 2700 K Turns orange
• Neutral, 4000 K Turns beige
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Modern Gray warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 6.4 and a value of 0.9 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Berger Paints color to Modern Gray?

Walking On Clouds (8T1707), at ΔE 0.2. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Modern Gray?

≈ 62. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.